, 1887-06-17
TOW TALK.
Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked UP
Throughout the City.

Throughout the City.
A party of thirty graders bound for
Pocatello, Idaho, went West last night.
A few assessment blanks, properly filled
out, continue to arrive daily at the assess
or's Office.
Some covetous son of a gun stole a lawn
mower from the premises of R. N. Heath
Wednesday night
Potter, the new vice president of the
Union Pacific, will begin an official inspeo-
ton of the line about July l..
Several thousand people gazed on a
night blooming cereus on exhibition in
one of our city hot houses last night.
All plesdings in tho Crow creek ditch
cases have now been filed, and the taking
of testimony will be resumed on July s..
A bridge gang numbering ten men will
leave for the scene of their future labors
on the Cheyenne Il Northern this morn
ing.
The beautiful weather attracted crowds
: of people into the streets last evening,
when p~romenading seemed to be all the
rage.
Governor Moonlight has appointed
Chas. Bellamy a water commissioner for
the district embracing Laramie City and
vicinity.
Two members of the faculty of the
Wyoming university have been selected in
the persons of Profs. Nelson and Comfy,
of st. Louis.
+. w. Latrentz is managing the busi-
ness end Of the Swan Land i Cattle com
pany's affairs at their new rooms in the
Collins block.
In moving Swan Bros. safe into the
second story Of the Collins block yesterday
the transfer men were compelled to slight
ly enlarge the stairway.
The brick work of the new Dillman
block on Eddy street is about completed
and ready for The iron front which is ex
pected to arrive in a day or two.
The young son of Mr.. B. Mcclure died
at the Chug last night. A doctor had
been telegraphed for. but the patient was
dead before the physician could start.
The cross petition of the defendant in
the o. G. Waid divorce suit will be filed
with the clerk of court to-day, and
promises to be quite an interesting docu-
ment.
Maj. Freeman and Capt. Coolidge, with
their companies, will be transferred from
Fort Laramie to Rock Springs on July l.,
relieving two companies now stationed at
that point.
Representatives from the various terri
torial Sunday schools will assemble in con-
vention OF Rawlins June 30 and 80. Dbl
egates from the Cheyenne churches will be
selected next Sunday.
An excursion consisting OF two coaches
and a sleeper was attached to the first sec
tion OF the west bound train last night.
The California Invaders were in charge of
Robt. Reese, OF Kansas City.
From ten to twenty tramps pass through
the city daily. Very few of them remain
longer than actually necessary, having a
holy horror of the mere possibility OF
being compelled to labor on the streets.
The case of a boarding house keeper
against Mccormick, the ex-directory man,
for an overdue account came up before
Judge Fisher yesterday, but was continued
until Monday in order that the defense
might secure counsel.
No extraordinary speed is being at
tanned in running trains on the Cheyenne
& Northern in these days of grace. The
time between 2 o'clock in the afternoon
and 9 at night was occupied yesterday in
covering the seventy-tive miles between
Chug and Cheyenne.
The depot officials and trainmen were
very busy last evening. Two secti ms of
the passenger came in from Omaha. One
was an hour late, and cars on both trains
were taxed 20 their utmost capacity. while
the Denver train carried an unusually
large number Of west bound passengers.
Water is badly needed at the fair
grounds, and unless it is soon forthcom
ing the vegetation there will entirely dis
appear, or be badly injured to say the
least. If the city will not furnish the
association sufficient water, steps will soon
be taken to construct a pipe line from one
Of the upper lakes to the grounds.
Street Car Route.
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